Published on October 23, 2017
We’re launching an expandable habitat to the space station aboard a SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft on Friday April 8. This habitat could pave the way for future space habitats on missions to deep space.
Future space habitats for low-Earth orbit, the moon, Mars, or other destinations need to be lightweight and relatively simple to construct. The Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) is an experimental expandable capsule that docks with the International Space Station (ISS). After docking, BEAM inflates to roughly 13 feet long and 10.5 feet in diameter to provide a habitable volume where a crew member can enter.
Check out “The Five W’s of an Expandable Habitat in Space” on NASA’s Tumblr:
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